tesco over-carbonated water causing damage.

arcon5

Perhaps it got shook around on the journey home? Or at home? Or something?

The number of times i've opened a fizzy drink and has to take the lid off slowly to prevent this is countless. Frankly you should have been more cautious.

pinkshoes

What temperature was the water when you opened it? Had you chilled it?

azzabazza

I am pretty sure Tesco will not entertain any claim for damage to IT equipment. The rule of thumb is that you should never have liquids near any IT equipment. Lots of us do and if there is any spillage it is usually our fault - not Tesco's.

Having opened the bottle how on earth can you prove to Tesco that it is over pressurised? You have let the pressure escape.

Edited after re-reading the thread. Doesn't ring true to me if the bottle was opened at the other side of the room and still damaged the computer.

shikarishuffle

azzabazza wrote: »

I am pretty sure Tesco will not entertain any claim for damage to IT equipment. The rule of thumb is that you should never have liquids near any IT equipment. Lots of us do and if there is any spillage it is usually our fault - not Tesco's.

Having opened the bottle how on earth can you prove to Tesco that it is over pressurised? You have let the pressure escape.

Edited after re-reading the thread. Doesn't ring true to me if the bottle was opened at the other side of the room and still damaged the computer.

i have a smallish room. laptop was on my bed, bottle was facing towards the wall. nowhere near the direction of the laptop.

doesn't ring true? i assure you i have better things to do that fabricate stories about bottles of water.


to the other question: the bottle was at the same condition it had bem in store. not chilled at all.

Hay_Maker

pinkshoes wrote: »

What temperature was the water when you opened it? Had you chilled it?

Good question.

azzabazza

i have a smallish room. laptop was on my bed, bottle was facing towards the wall. nowhere near the direction of the laptop.


Don't understand how it hit laptop then.. .

withabix

Claim on your contents insurance if Tesco won't pay.

All these comments are hypothetical, because you haven't contacted Tesco yet, although it is rare to be reimbursed for consequential losses unless you can prove there was a specific fault with the fizzy water.

It may be that Tesco say they have had other complaints about that batch number and bend over backwards to sort you out.

Otherwise, claim off your insurance.

mildred1978

It's been very warm this week. Assuming that your room isn't air conditioned those air bubbles will have expanded, increasing the pressure inside the bottle.

So it may not have been over-carbonated at all.

You need to complain to the weather gods

DCFC79

faerie~spangles wrote: »

Who opens a bottle of water over their laptop/kindle/i' whatever?

User stupidity knows no bounds it seems.

Ive been taught to open fizzy drinks over a sink in the off chance it spills over and at least its contained in the sink.

visidigi

visidigi wrote: »

CAUTION
Pressurised Container Open with care, covering cap.

Its really very simple, it says cover cap, you didn't (as in if you had used a cloth the cloth would have avoided the spray)...it might not be what you want to hear, but they don't put these cautions on the labels for fun...